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Brian Nadel of Tom's Guide gave VPN a negative review, writing, "its performance was pretty bad in our testing, and we have concerns about the customer service, the real-name policy and the fact that it's essentially based in China". Mashable's Charles Poladian wrote, "PureVPN works, sometimes even with Netflix, but it has enough issues to keep the VPN from being your go-to choice for private internet access." He criticized PureVPN's erratic speeds, Internet access problems, and inability to overcome Netflix's block of VPNs so that he could watch videos available only in another country. TechRadar 's Mike Williams disagreed, writing that PureVPN "made a big deal of its 'zero log' policy" on its website but did keep logs that enabled investigators to link the man to what he did on the service.
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Max Eddy of PC Magazine noted that the company's privacy policy says it will cooperate with investigators who give them a proper warrant and concluded, "In the case of PureVPN, it doesn't appear that the company breached the trust of its users". The company concluded that the man had accessed PureVPN through two IP addresses: one from home and one from work. In 2017, PureVPN provided information to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents that helped result in the arrest of a Massachusetts man for cyberstalking. PC Magazine's Max Eddy said that Hong Kong, as a special administrative regions of China, does not need to follow China's laws but that with China attempting to block VPNs that do not follow its rules, "PureVPN's legal situation is more complicated than that of the average VPN service". Mashable's Charles Poladian praised PureVPN in 2018 when it was based in Hong Kong, which he says has "favorable data laws" and "isn't part of the intelligence-gathering alliance". Brian Nadel of Tom's Guide criticized PureVPN for requiring real names for user signups, even when users employ Bitcoin or gift cards for payment. It does not store what websites a customer is accessing. PureVPN also stores HTTP cookies for online advertising purposes as well as user account information like email address and credit card data. To prevent misuse and monitor quality, it records how much bandwidth customers are using. PureVPN does not store the exact time a customer accessed VPN. PureVPN stores logs containing information about what Internet service provider a customer used to access it service and which day the service was used. In July 2022, PureVPN expanded its multi-platform app suite to the Chromebook and Huawai platforms. In August 2021, PureVPN launched its WireGuard protocol, allowing developers to detect bugs and security vulnerabilities. PureVPN has over 6,500 high-speed servers across 78 countries. It allocated 200 servers for peer-to-peer file sharing and BitTorrent usage but does not provide any servers for accessing the Tor network. PureVPN can be run at the same time on five sessions.
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PureVPN provides desktop clients for Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows and mobile clients for Android and iOS.
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PureVPN offers users the option to turn on the "VPN Hotspot", allowing other devices to use the PureVPN hotspot connection. Other configuration options include the transport protocol and split tunneling. PureVPN's homepage allows users to select from four categories: Stream, Internet Freedom, Security/Privacy, and File Sharing.
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Founded in 2007, it employs contractors in the United States, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Pakistan, the British Virgin Islands, and formerly Hong Kong. PureVPN was co-founded by Uzair Gadit who is based in Pakistan.
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Its mailing address is in Tortola, the British Virgin Islands.
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PureVPN is owned by GZ Systems Limited, a software company that creates cybersecurity apps.